Prof. Yuval Noah Harari is the bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. Born in Haifa, Israel, in 1976, Harari received his PhD from the University of Oxford in 2002, and is currently a lecturer at the Department of History, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Prof. Harari originally specialized in world history, medieval history and military history. His current research focuses on macro-historical questions such as: What is the relationship between history and biology? What is the essential difference between Homo sapiens and other animals? Is there justice in history? Does history have a direction? Did people become happier as history unfolded? What ethical questions do science and technology raise in the 21st century?

Bozoma Saint John

CMOEndeavor

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http://www.wmeentertainment.com

https://twitter.com/badassboz

https://www.instagram.com/badassboz/

Always one to make a splash, Bozoma Saint John has held leading positions at some of the world’s absolute top companies. While her impressive career began in advertising, she really made a name for herself as the creator of PepsiCo’s music and entertainment marketing division and then at Beats Music as CMO in 2014. Her breakthrough to the mainstream came on the heels of her legendary appearance at the 2016 Apple Keynote, which led Buzzfeed to publish an article entitled “Bozoma Saint John is the coolest person to ever go onstage at an Apple event.” In 2016 Apple acquired Beats and Saint John stayed on as Head of Global Consumer Marketing for iTunes and Apple Music until she left for Uber to be Chief Brand Officer. This past June it was announced that she would be taking on the role of CMO at LA-based talent agency Endeavor.

In his early twenties, Andy was a typical student, midway through earning a Sports Science degree. When life took a series of sudden turns, he made the radical decision to give it all up and set off to Asia to become a Buddhist monk. Over the next decade, Andy studied as a lay-person and novice monk in the traditions of South East Asia, and then took full ordination in the Kagyu Lineage of Tibet. This life-affirming journey led to another when Andy returned to the UK with just one goal in mind: to demystify meditation and make it accessible to all. After several years in private practice, Andy had a chance meeting with co-founder Rich Pierson. Together they created a vision for bringing meditation to people everywhere. Headspace launched in 2010 as an events company, and the Headspace app soon followed. Now reaching a community of nearly 30 million users in 190 countries through this platform, Andy, Rich and the dedicated team at Headspace are delivering on their mission to improve happiness and health around the world. Andy lives in Santa Monica, California, with his wife and two children.

Erin Patton

Architect of the (Air) Jordan Brand

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https://twitter.com/mrerinpatton

Erin is an expert on branding, sports marketing and youth culture. Handpicked by Michael Jordan, he was the brand architect for the Jordan brand within Nike. Within two years, he raised the revenue of the brand to $350 Million. He left Nike after five years in 2000. Next he changed the sneaker industry with the launch of NBA star Stephon Marbury's Starbury brand and $15 sneaker, earning launch of the year from Footwear News and Advertising Age in 2006. With his own company, he advised companies like Pepsi, Mercedes-Benz, Adidas and MTV. Today he is creating start-ups and leading partnerships between corporations and pop culture favorites.

Matt Lieber

Co-FounderGimlet Media

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https://www.gimletmedia.com/

https://twitter.com/mlieber

Matt Lieber founded digital media company and podcast network Gimlet Media in 2014 together with Alex Blumberg. Over the course of the next four years, Gimlet grew and grew, catching the attention of Spotify, who snapped up Gimlet for a reported USD 230 million. At Gimlet, Lieber heads up the business side of things and is thus directly involved in the company’s future podcast endeavors—which have been at or near the top long before Spotify came calling.

Katarina Barley

Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection

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https://www.spd.de/partei/personen/dr-katarina-barley/

The top candidate from German political party SPD since December 2018 for the 2019 European parliament elections. Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection since March 2018. Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth from June 2017 to March 2018. From December 2015 to May 2017, she was Secretary-General of the SPD.

Lena Gercke

Host, Influencer, Model

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https://www.instagram.com/lenagercke/

Lena Gerke is among Germany's most famous hosts and models. Always in the public eye after bursting onto the scene as the victor of the first season of Germany's Next Top Model, Gerke has been active in a variety of hosting and modeling roles. Most recently, she hosted "The Voice of Germany." With 2.1 million followers on Instagram, Gerke has also had her share of success on the platform, where she leverages her reach to promote goods, e.g. her own collection by LeGer for About You.

Jon Steinberg

FounderCheddar

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https://cheddar.com/

https://twitter.com/cheddar

https://www.facebook.com/cheddar/

https://www.instagram.com/cheddar/?hl=en

https://www.youtube.com/cheddar

Long-time Buzzfeed COO Jon Steinberg is no stranger to spearheading success for digital publishers. His latest project is Cheddar, but it’s aim could hardly be any different than his previous stop. With Cheddar, Steinberg is setting his sights on a younger audience for his financial news network. Business Insider has dubbed it the “CNBC für Millenials.” After just two years, hundreds of thousands of young American are tuning into to Cheddar’s video content and now Cheddar is heading to Europe.

Bowen Zhou

Vice PresidentJD.com

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https://www.jd.com/

Dr. Bowen Zhou is Vice President of JD.com, China’s second largest eCommerce platform, and the Head of JD’s AI Platform & Research. Dr. Zhou oversees JD’s overall artificial intelligence strategy, technology development and execution. Leading the team across China, the United States, and Europe, he aims to help the industry solve real world problems with the most cutting-edge artificial intelligence technique. Previous to JD.com, he was the Director of the AI Foundations lab at IBM Research in New York, Chief Scientist of IBM Watson Group and a Distinguished IBM Engineer.

Joe Pulizzi

FounderContent Marketing Institute

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https://www.joepulizzi.com/

https://twitter.com/joepulizzi

https://www.facebook.com/joe.pulizzi

https://www.instagram.com/joepulizzi/

It's no exaggeration to say that Joe Pulizzi is THE king of global content marketing. Not only did he found the aptly named Content Marketing Institute (CMI) in 2007, which essentially lead to him being considered the creator of the discipline, but in his spare time, he's also published five books on the subject. In 2016, he sold off CMI to concentrate on his Orange Effect Foundation, which is dedicated to fighting autism. Through it all, however, content marketing has remained his area of focus.

Verena Bahlsen

Founding PartnerHermann's

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https://www.hermanns.com

Verena is an innovation consultant, brand strategist, and food industry expert. She is the fourth generation of German biscuit manufacturer Bahlsen, and the founder of HERMANN’S. After studying Media and Management at New York University and King’s College in London, Verena returned to work at Bahlsen at age 21. While working, she discovered innovations were occurring outside of the food industry: a movement of people and companies developing healthier and more planet-friendly food products. Inspired by the new field, Verena built HERMANN’S to actively screen this new food movement, bridge the gap between innovators and industry, and strategize with companies for a sustainable future.

Phil "The Power" Taylor

Darts Legend

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https://www.philthepower.com/

https://twitter.com/philtaylor

https://www.facebook.com/Phil-The-Power-Taylor-80348351763/

Phil “The Power” Taylor is not only the absolute GOAT in professional darts with 16 world championships, but also significantly contributed as a personal brand to darts progressing from a bar pastime to a sport worthy of the big time and the world championships are now held every year at London’s legendary Ally Pally.

Florian Gschwandtner

Cofounderruntastic

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https://www.runtastic.com/

https://twitter.com/f_gschwandtner

https://www.instagram.com/florian.gschwandtner/

Actually, he was supposed to take over the family farm. Instead Florian Gschwandtner decided to run down his dream and founded his own company after completing two separate Masters degrees. In 2009, he co-founded Runtastic with three other running enthusiasts. Initially no one wanted to invest in a running app saying they just knew it wouldn’t work. Fast forward four years, and Florian and his co-founders sold the majority stake to Axel Springer. In 2015, Adidas came calling and scooped up the app in its entirety for EUR 220 million. Florian has since left Runtastic and is now a book author and juror on the Austrian version of Shark Tank.

Karolina Kurkova

Model and Actress

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https://www.instagram.com/karolinakurkova/

Karolina Kurkova is a former supermodel, who was a Victoria's Secret Angel in the 2000s and was one of the highest-earning models on the planet. She's still considered to be among the absolute top models of that generation, alongside Heidi Klum, Alessandra Ambrosio and Gisele Bündchen.

Michael Rothman

Co-FounderFatherly

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https://www.fatherly.com/

https://twitter.com/fatherlyhq?lang=de

https://www.facebook.com/FatherlyHQ/

https://www.instagram.com/Fatherly/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PfbmXWqUYO_UCKP08LKDA/featured

Fatherly founder Michael Rothman reaches 2.6 million visitors every month with hip content aimed at young fathers. Previously, Rothman was a founding employee at Thrillist, where he headed up sales and revenue operations. While at Thrillist, Rothman began collecting email addresses and amassing an audience with dad content that later became Fatherly.

Pamela Kaupinen

Senior Vice President, StrategyHelloSociety (A New York Times Company)

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https://hellosociety.com/

https://twitter.com/hello_society?lang=de

https://www.facebook.com/HelloSociety

https://www.instagram.com/hellosociety/

Pamela Kaupinen's started her career at Condé Nast, before heading off to work for brands such as Allure and GQ in a variety of positions developing marketing strategies. While at GQ, she founded GQ Insider, a veritable influencer marketing agency at GQ. In 2018, she joined the New York Times' influencer and social media agency HelloSociety as Senior Vice President, Strategy.

Fynn Kliemann

Youtuber and Jack-of-all-Trades

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https://twitter.com/fimbim

https://www.facebook.com/fynn.kliemann

https://www.instagram.com/fimbim/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa_MF1hIC-oCTsEJDegmaIQ

Fynn Kliemann does a bit of everything. Founder and king of Klienmann's Land, the world's first, best and most interactive free state; he's the self-styled Duke of DIY; musician and author. When he's not busy with those duties, he also sells his own collection of fashion fo do-it-yourselfers on www.orders.cool and roams far and wide in the search of old furniture and other fixer-uppers to transform and sell. If that weren't enough, he's designer, front-end developer and co-founder of herrlich media, which runs several startups.

Kevin Allocca

Global Head of Culture & Trends at YouTubeGoogle

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www.google.de

Kevin Allocca, Global Head of Culture & Trends at YouTube, tracks popular video phenomena and manages trending content initiatives. He is leading YouTube's expert team on the intersection of web video and global culture, and is often cited in the press on subjects of virality, popularity, and breaking news. His TED Talk on "Why Videos Go Viral" has been watched over 2 million times and he has been a keynote speaker at festivals and industry events all over the world. His book Videocracy, an entertaining exploration of YouTube's most interesting trends and the impact of video in our culture, was published by Bloomsbury in 2018.

Joko Winterscheidt

Host

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https://twitter.com/officiallyjoko

https://www.facebook.com/joko.winterscheidt.14/

https://www.instagram.com/officiallyjoko/?hl=de

Joachim Winterscheidt is a German comedian and TV host, who goes by the name of Joko. After a string of successes, Joko has become a personal brand in the Fatherland. In addition to appearing on TV, he also hosts the hit German podcast “Alle Wege führen nach Ruhm” (EN “All Roads lead to Fame) with internationally renown photographer Paul Ripke and occasionally invests in German startups.

Sophie Trelles-Tvede

Inventor & FounderInvisibobble

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https://www.invisibobble.com/

https://www.instagram.com/invisibobble/

For a bad-taste party, Sophie Trelles-Tvede took an old telephone cable and wrapped it around her ponytail. The next morning she noticed that she didn’t have a headache—something that could not be said of the other bad-taste partygoers. The experience led her to found a company that specializes in spiral hair ties. When she received her bacherlor’s degree in 2014 in England, she had 22 employees and sold her hair ties in 40 countries—now she employs 100 and sells in 70 countries around the globe.

Carmen Kroll

Co-Founder, InfluencerOh April

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https://www.instagram.com/ohapril/

Carmen Kroll is a German studies major, blogger and co-founder of fashion label Oh April. The products are designed by the team themselves and produced in Portugal. The company managed to generate a massive amount of buzz overnight thanks to clever influencer partnerships and unique storytelling on Instagram. Oh April amassed 60,000 followers in 24 hours on Instagram. For her part, Carmen has over 430,000 followers. Oh April's mission statement reads "In Girl's we trust, and in the mutual support among women."

Daniel Abt has been making successful films for AUDI on his laps in Formula E. But even off the track, the 26 year old knows how to put the pedal to the metal. Half a million fans follow him on the major social platforms, where he offers up glimpses into his life as a professional race car driver. He has long since become a personal brand via his a-plus produced content—and even sells his own fashion collection via #allthewayabt.

Kevin Kühnert

Bundesvorsitzender der Jusos in der SPD

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https://www.jusos.de/personen/kevin-kuehnert/

Kevin Kühnert is the Federal Chairman of the Jusos (Young Socialists) for German political party SPD. A native of Berlin, Kühnert continues to reside in his hometown and works for a member of the Berlin Abgeordnetenhaus (House of Representatives). He is active in the Tempelhof-Schöneberg area, where he is a member of Bezirksverordnetenversammlung, BVVm (the city district assembly) and performs tasks for the SPD.

Paul Ripke

Photographer and Videographer

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https://paulripke.com/photo/

https://twitter.com/paulripke

https://www.facebook.com/paul.ripke/

https://www.instagram.com/paulripke/

Paul Ripke is a fashion blogger, Youtuber and German Instagram stars. He got his start as photographer for German hip-hop artist Marteria and some members of the German national team. In 2014, he was on the pitch after the World Cup final in Rio and became a household name in Germany with his shots of the German victory. Today, he accompanies Lewis Hamilton during the Formula 1 season and co-hosts the popular German podcast Alle Wege führen nach Ruhm (AWFNR).

Finn Age Hänsel

Managing DirectorMovinga

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https://www.movinga.de/

Fine Age Hänsel, 37, joined Movinga as Managing Director in November 2015. After completing his business administration studies, he joined the Boston Consulting Group before founding the largest Australian online fashion marketplace, The Iconic, in 2010. He then was managing director at Rocket Internet in Australia and upon returning to Germany in 2013, was a member of management at Epic Companies. In 2015, he founded the Berg Brauerei brewery in Berlin and Mauerkatze Ventures, through which he supports various startups as an angel investor.

Sara Urbainczyk

Co-Founder & CEOEchte Mamas GmbH

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https://www.echtemamas.de/

https://twitter.com/echtemamas

https://www.facebook.com/echtemamas/

https://www.instagram.com/echtemamas/

Sara Urbainczyk is one of three founders and the managing director of "Echte Mamas." Together with Marion Scheitahuer and Miriam Wiederer, she founded the the biggest German social community for mothers back in September 2016. The three ladies from Hamburg built up an impressive following via clever community building and Facebook groups. Recently, Facebook began supporting the project themselves, in the form of a USD 50,000 grant.

Moritz Mann

FounderStadtsalat / Protofy

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https://protofy.com/

Moritz Mann is a passionate founder and digital enthusiast, as well as an expert for MVP development. As managing director at Protofy, an app and web development agency, he advises large brands, medium-sized companies and startups in drafting and validating digital business models, apps and processes. Mann is also founder of Stadtsalat, the food delivery company for healthy food, which began conducting prototype deliveries within four days of founding and today generates several million euros in revenue annually.

Pia Frey

Co-FounderOpinary

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https://opinary.com/de/home-de/

https://twitter.com/opinary?lang=en

https://www.facebook.com/Opinary/

In 2016, Pia Frey founded Opinary together with her brother Cornelius Frey and Max Meran. The opinion tool enables publishers to integrate surveys into articles to boost engagement and then monetize via ads. The startup has big-name partners around the world and is located in Berlin, New York and London. Since 2018, Pia also hosts the OMR media podcast, where she speaks with leading minds of the publishing industry.

Suited Racer

Influencer and Artist

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https://www.instagram.com/thesuitedracer/

Lando Griffin, also known as the Suited Racer, is a self described vigilante journalist, artist, and a skilled motorcyclist. Never seen without his mask and bespoke suit, Lando has created a unique anonymous identity that his followers can’t get enough of. With an expertly executed vision, his art and writing is thought-provoking and avant-garde. His goal is to use his influence for social good with anonymity being representative of inclusivity. Lando has been featured in publications such as Maxim Magazine, Women’s Wear Daily, Business of Fashion and was named one of the top names to know in 2019 by the Daily Front Row. Offline, he’s attended shows at international Fashion Weeks and shows his socially-driven fine art at international art fairs, including Art Basel Miami Beach.

Hashem Al-Ghaili

Science Influencer

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https://twitter.com/hashemghaili

https://www.facebook.com/ScienceNaturePage/

https://www.instagram.com/hashem.alghaili/

https://www.youtube.com/user/hashemalghaili

Hashem Al-Ghaili is a science communicator who was born in Yemen. He runs his Facebook page (Science Nature Page), which has nearly 30 million followers from all over the globe and garnered over 9 billion organic views. According to Tubular labs, his Facebook page is among the fastest growing pages globally and generates the highest number of monthly views in the science and technology sectors. Al-Ghaili graduated from Jacobs University Bremen in Germany and obtained his master’s degree in Molecular Biotechnology.

Ines von Jagemann

Chief Digital OfficerTchibo

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As a member of the Executive Board (CDO), Ines von Jagemann is responsible for Tchibo’s digital division which covers eCommerce, corporate IT, business intelligence, the products travel and mobile communications as well as digital transformation. Before she came to Tchibo in 2011, Ines was managing director at Consist Software Solutions. With more than 15 years of digital, eCommerce and IT related experience, Ines has held various senior leadership roles. She is experienced in implementing new business models and in restructuring existing organisations including continuous change management and digital transformation.

Karl Wehner

Karl has been responsible for helping partners across key European markets access the Alibaba Ecosystem since July 2017. He brings over fifteen years of experience in the digital commerce space to the role. Karl started his e-commerce career at Amazon Germany in 1999, where he launched and managed the Amazon Marketplace business and was also responsible for the launch of Amazon’s co-branded credit card. Before joining Alibaba, Karl successfully built a 3rd party marketplace for Takealot.com in Cape Town, which has become South Africa ́s largest e-commerce company.

Just for fun and very toungue-in-cheek, Thomas Weigel launched the popular German Facebook page dedicated to the 90s entitled "Die 90er! Wisst ihr noch..." (The 90s, do you still remember...) back in 2008. Even though it remained primarily a hobby for Weigel, the throwback content was such a hit with the community that his friends at digital agency Cormes GmbH took over the project, including Weigel as Chief Content Officer. Since 2016, wisst-ihr-noch.de has evolved more and more into a media corporation. There are now several off-shoots and their own products like cookbooks and CDs.

Alexandra Barth

CMOHRS Group

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http://www.hrs.de

https://www.instagram.com/hrs/

As CMO, Alexandra Barth leads the overarching departments Marketing Solutions and People Solutions for all business units within the HRS Group. Since joining the company in 2011, Alexandra Barth has actively driven the transformation process of the company by leading brand management, marketing, and communication departments as well as being in charge of the strategic and operational functions of both HRS’ OTA’s: HRS.de and HOTEL.de. Since 2017, she has been a member of the HRS Groups board.

Howard Lerman

Founder & CEO, Yext

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Howard Lerman founded Yext in 2006 with a single goal: to build an impactful, great company with super talented people. Along the way, Yext has re-invented three industries: pay-per-call advertising, business listings synchronization, and today, digital knowledge management. With hundreds of amazingly talented employees serving many of the world’s leading businesses, Yext is on its way to realizing Howard’s original vision. Yext is Howard’s fourth software company. Howard is also Co-Founder and Chairman of Confide, a leading off-the-record messaging service.

Bjoern Sjut

Co-FounderFinc3 Group

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https://www.finc3.com/

https://twitter.com/followfinc3

https://www.facebook.com/FollowFinc3/

Bjoern Sjut is co-founder and managing director of the Finc3 Group, who specializes in consulting services for eCommerce and Amazon, business audience marketing, customer relationship management, analytics and business intelligence. He authored the OMR reports on email marketing and digital analytics and is a regular speaker at international online marketing events. Previously, he was a marketing manager at international dating platforms be2 and C-date and also co-founded wine platform Navinum.

Xaviera Plas

CEOThe Wonder Weeks / Oje, ich wachse

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https://www.ojeichwachse.de/

https://twitter.com/xavieraplas_

After a successful career as marketing consultant for various global baby-brands, Xaviera Plas took on the world rights to her parents Dutch and German bestselling book and turned it into a global phenomenon. Being on the forefront of publishing transformation with her content centric approach she’s been able to empower millions of parents around the globe in a whooping 29 languages. Xaviera is now the proud owner and Chief executive of the most renowned baby-brand in the world: The Wonder Weeks.

Christian Solmecke

PartnerWILDE BEUGER SOLMECKE

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http://www.wbs-law.de/

https://www.facebook.com/die.aufklaerer/

https://www.youtube.com/kanzleiwbs

With over 330,000 fans and 60 million views, Cologne attorney Chrisian Solmecke runs one of the most successful lawyer channels on YouTube in Europe. Specializing in IT and media law, Solmecke has acquired several thousand clients for his practice WILDE BEUGER SOLMECKE via his videos on www.wbs-law.tv. Over the course of the past few years, Solmecke has been instrumental in expanding the practice's Internet and eCommerce law activities.Today, he represents numerous online merchants, media creators and web 2.0 platforms.

Carlo Siebert

Google Professional

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https://carlosiebert.de/

https://twitter.com/carlo_siebert

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcFrQUeHbFJyLkZHXCL7CbA

Carlo Siebert has been active as a self-employed online marketing expert for SEA topics and online strategies for over 10 years. When Carlo is not creating high-performing conversion campaigns for his clients, he’s active on the online marketing speaking circuit. Carlo is probably the only Google premium partner in Europe who’s made a name for himself on his own and hasn’t been given the title by Google. How does one obtain the title? By managing adspend in the millions. Whatever Carlo touches, is scaled.

Steffen Herm

Professor of MarketingHTW Berlin

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Steffen Herm is Professor of Marketing at the HTW Berlin, University of Applied Sciences. He previously taught at numerous other Institutions in Germany and abroad. Steffen earned his PhD and a postdoctoral degree (Habilitation) at the Technical University of Berlin with scientific work in the field of consumer behavior and brand management. His academic work has been published in leading international journals. During his time at the Center for Entrepreneurship of the TU Berlin he advised numerous start-up companies in respect to market research, communication and branding strategies. These topics are still at the center of his work as a consultant, lecturer and researcher.

Annabella Da Encarnacao has recently joined Asana Rebel as CMO, establishing Asana Rebel‘s footprint internationally and supporting their mission to create highly engaging health and fitness experiences that have lasting real-life impact. Prior to joining Asana Rebel, Annabella served as VP of Marketing-Performance at Babbel, the world’s leading language-learning app, where she managed a team of over 50, covering all User Acquisition channels and Marketing Technologies. Annabella brings over twelve years of expertise in Marketing for international markets, marketing technology, and focus on user acquisition for ROI-based online businesses, including Team Europe ventures, Affinitas and FOX.

Enrico Plateo

Manager Europe Tencent International Business Group

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https://www.tencent.com/en-us/index.html

Enrico Plateo helps companies to approach the Chinese market strategically through the advanced digital solutions of Tencent Social Ads and Tencent Cloud. Prior to joining Tencent in 2017, he worked in the luxury hotel and retail industry and founded several tech startups.

Thomas Schroeter

Chief Product OfficerScout24

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http://scout24.com

Dr. Thomas Schroeter has been Chief Product Officer of the Scout24 Group since December 2018 and is thus responsible for the entire product development and marketing. He joined ImmobilienScout24 in March 2017 as a proven digital expert and has headed the company since February 2018 in dual leadership with Ralf Weitz. The business graduate has many years of experience in the digital economy, both in the corporate and start-up environment. Previously, Thomas Schroeter was Chief Operating Officer Germany for eBay, the world's largest online marketplace, and Managing Director of ViA-Online GmbH. He was also co-founder and managing director of the language portal bab.la, which was successfully sold to Oxford University Press in 2015. During his career, he also worked at the Swiss bank Clariden Leu AG and the Boston Consulting Group in Munich.

Nils Wolfram

Domain Owner Customer OrderingMETRONOM

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https://www.metronom.com/

Nils Wolfram is an eCommerce vet with years of experience at companies including Metro, Gourmondo and Amazon. Today, he’s the Domain Owner Customer Ordering at Metro (now known as Metronom) where he actively shapes the company’s IT department. Since mid-2018, the company has refocused its endeavors on forward-thinking eCommerce technologies.

Andreas Groke

Co-Founder & Managing Director Videobeat

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https://www.videobeat.net/

https://www.facebook.com/videobeat/

Andreas Groke is co-founder and CEO at Videobeat. Founded in 2013 in Hamburg, company is a specialist for data-driven video marketing. The company now employs 70 and has locations in Hamburg, Berlin, London, Paris and New York, where they offer consulting services on everything from production to cross-platform, data-driven media optimization.

Jessica Schömer

Solution Sales SpecialistIBM Watson

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Jessica develops strategies in close collaboration with companies so that they are better equipped to meet the daily challenges of client interactions. Confusing data and increasing consumer demands are just two examples. The use of IBM Software solutions and their subsequent support via AI technologies are optimum tools to address these issues. How? That’s something Jessica drafts together with companies as she too is “just” a consumer who desires personalization and knows how companies can achieve it.

Max Koziolek

Co-FounderSpectrm

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https://spectrm.io/

https://twitter.com/spectrm_

https://www.facebook.com/SpectrmPublishing/

Max Koziolek is a founder of Spectrm, a Berlin-based company launched in 2015. Spectrm was a launch partner of Facebook’s Messenger publishing program, and was highlighted at the F8 developer’s conference in 2016. Spectrm developed the world’s first chatbot for Messenger and works closely with brands such as Red Bull, CNN and Deutsche Telekom.

Michael Fischer is Country Manager Europe at the Movember Foundation. Every November since 2003, Movember has raised awareness and collected money for research on prostrate cancer by encouraging men to grow out their beards and moustaches. Today, Movember is a global phenomenon, where stars and celebs from all walks of life take part. To date, the foundation has raised over €650 million.

Annemarie Raluca Schuster

CEO/FounderSiAura Material / Annythinks

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https://www.siauramaterial.de/

https://www.facebook.com/toana

https://www.instagram.com/toana83/

Annemarie Raluca Schuster is an expert in sales on eCommerce marketplaces. Since 2013, she has been selling craft goods with her company Firma SiAura Material on a variety of platforms. She initially sold the wares from home, and now leads a team of 11. Her agency Annythinks provides consulting services on marketplace optimization to a variety of companies.

Friedemann Karig is a seasoned media industry vet. He started out in front of the camera for his online show Ehrensenf, and is today primarily active as an author and host of the podcast "Friedemann & Freunde," where he sits down with interesting guests from politics and media.

Ian Jindal

FounderInternet Retailing

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https://internetretailing.net/

https://twitter.com/ianjindal

Ian Jindal is a consultant, researcher and advisor in eCommerce and multichannel retail performance. He founded InternetRetailing.net and RetailX.net to serve Europe’s multichannel retailers with research, insight and analysis, including the Top500 performance rankings. Ian’s retail clients include Fiorucci, Selfridges, House of Fraser, Marks & Spencer, John Lewis, Waitrose, De Bijenkorf, Kering and Walgreens Boots Alliance. Ian was Group eCommerce Director at Littlewoods Shop Direct, and Head of Online Operations at the BBC. Ian founded the European eCommerce Forum, is an Advisor to eCommerce Europe and authored the UK’s first MSc in Internet Retailing.

Julia Zwingenberg

Co-FounderOh April

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https://www.instagram.com/ohapril/

Julia Zwingenberg is a fashion and communications designer. After completing her studies in Düsseldorf, she worked as a freelance stylist and co-founded fashion label "Oh April." The products are designed by her team and then produced in Portugal in first-class quality. The company managed to generate a massive amount of buzz overnight thanks to clever influencer partnerships and unique storytelling on Instagram. Oh April amassed 60,000 followers in 24 hours on Instagram. For her part, Carmen has over 430,000 followers. Oh April's mission statement reads "In Girl's we trust, and in the mutual support among women."

David Hillier

Senior Director of Creative Solutions and InnovationAdform

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David has previously worked in television, on publisher side and also helmed a start-up. He now leads global creative strategy within new and existing channels at Adform, implementing innovation, creative product steering and commercialisation of new product revenue streams. A passionate enthusiast of anything creative, David often likes to bring in external influences to subvert the nature of what is creatively possible.

Florian Heinemann

Founding Partner at Project A

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Florian Heinemann is founding partner at Berlin early-phase investors Project A, where he heads up the areas of marketing, CRM and business intelligence. His previous stops include CEO at Rocket Internet (2007-2012) and Zalando/Global Fashion Group and eDarling/Affinitas.

Julian Jansen

Director ContentAbout You

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Julian Jansen is Director Content at About You and is responsible for influencer activities. When he started at About You three years ago as business developer, he founded and built up the platform You&Idol—and repositioned the company to focus collaborations with influencers.

Ann-Kathrin Schöll

Chefredakteuringofeminin.de

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https://www.gofeminin.de/

After cutting her teeth in print, Ann-Kathrin Schöll quickly made the switch to digital. After working as an editor and freelance consultant on SEO and social media matters, she joined gofeminin.de in late 2014. Here she began as an editor, before taking on the role of Lead of Global Pinterest Strategy for French media group aufeminin, and was instrumental in achieving the publisher’s success on Pinterest. With some 450,000 followers and over 10 million visitors, Pinterest remains a highly relevant traffic channel for Gofeminin.de. Since 2018, Ann-Kathrin Schöll has been Editor-in-Chief at gofeminin.de.

Die Hamburger Goldkehlchen

Artist

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Miami Lenz

Artist

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In just a few months, Miri went from employee at famed Hamburg hip-hop club Kleiner Donner to hip new DJ newcomer Miami Lenz. Her mix tapes on Soundcloud have made waves and helped her make a name for herself throughout Europe.

Secret Act

Artist

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Klemens Huber

Business Development Datacentric.NetworkIBM Watson

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Klemens is responsible business development in for the Datacentric.Network and the strategic development at IBM. “Data” is his passion and has a team of 100 experts from data-management, marketing automation, AI & machine learning, data-analytics and GPDR at his disposal. IBM Watson is active across Europe with a focus on the DACH region, implementing solutions for large, medium-sized and small companies that focus on the relevant messages for consumers.

William Ullstein

Commercial DirectorYouGov

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William joined YouGov UK in 2015 to create the Account Management function and in 2016 was promoted to a global role, working with the CFO and CSO to develop new propositions. Currently, Will is the global lead for YouGov’s Audience Data product and commercial head of YouGov Direct. Will read Economics at the University of Sussex.

Bernd Schlösser

Leading Client Solution ProfessionalIBM Watson

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Bernd Schlösser is the leading solution expert for IBM Watson Customer Engagement Solutions. His extensive experience in the area of Digital Analytics and Digital Marketing makes him a valuable speaker for clients as well as journalists. He is focused on helping clients to understand how they can use analytics based decisions to deliver exceptional and targeted customer interactions across marketing channels to increase conversions and customer loyalty. Bernd is working for IBM since 2011.

Dörthe Jans

Associate Director of Audience Data YouGov

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Dörthe joined YouGov in 2015 as a Product Manager with the launch of YouGov Profiles in Germany and also supported the introduction in other European markets. In her current role, she is developing YouGov's global audience data proposition, working directly with our existing agency- and tech partners and exploring new partnerships. Prior to joining YouGov, she worked for various media agencies, consulting national and international clients on media planning and strategy, and coordinating pan-European accounts. Dörthe studied International Business and Strategic Marketing at Maastricht University.

Benjamin Prause

Regional Vice President, Enterprise Sales, Yext Central EuropeYext

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Benjamin Prause is responsible for sales in the key account segment at Yext and helps customers with digital transformation, especially in the area of "Digital Knowledge Management". Previously, Prause was CEO at eprofessional, where he achieved double-digit annual growth, co-founded eSP eSales Performance Marketing in Hamburg and managed various online units of Bertelsmann's subsidiary arvato eCommerce.

Michael Schönacher

Senior Sales EngineerIBM Watson

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Michael Schönacher is sales engineer for IBM Watson Marketing. For more than 5 years he’s dedicated his time to demonstrating the omni-channel abilities of IBM Watson Marketing and providing clients with needed support to improve their customer journeys. Thanks to his pragmatic approach, he understands the complexity and challenges of defining an automated marketing strategy for companies and thus how to effectively implement automated marketing campaigns that drive conversions, increase customer loyalty and put the right message on the right platform at the right time to best reach clients—whether it’s via eMail, SMS or mobile push notifications.

Sebastian Merkhoffer

Founder & CEOFitvia

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https://www.fitvia.de

Sebastian Merkhoffer created an absolute hidden champion in Fitvia with an 8-figure annual revenue. Back in 2014, he recognized early on the trend for detox tees and leveraged influencer marketing into considerable reach. As one of the first movers in the sector in Germany, he lived the fledgling wild west days of influencer marketing. He'll thus be able to share a few anecdotes on the evolution of the sector and how he turned a brand into a hit out of nothing. Merkhoffer's impact can also be seen in other brands, as he launched the German incubator "Invincible Brands," which continues to build up brands through a social first strategy.

Heye Tode

signalize Evangelistetracker

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Heye has been developing partnerships and digital business models for 20 years. At etracker, Heye is responsible for agency relations and supports partners in getting maximum value from their user tracking data. He managed many analytics projects as well as countless data-driven marketing campaigns. Currently his heart beats for the new, powerful marketing channel of Web Push notifications.

Matthias Mehner

Chief Marketing OfficerMessengerpeople

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Matthias "Matze" Mehner is a passionate "itinerant preacher", author, and coach for digital communication. After various positions on the agency side, he was responsible for social media marketing for the media group ProSiebenSat.1 for five years. After several years as a social media expert, he is now fully committed to the subject of messenger communication. In the summer of 2017, Mehner joined the leading SaaS-provider for messenger services, MessengerPeople. As Chief Marketing Officer, he promotes the potential of messaging apps and chatbots for companies and brands.

Markus Wuebben

Co-Founder & Managing DirectorCrossEngage

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Markus Wuebben, with a PhD in Data-Driven Marketing from TU Munich, is a marketing veteran for data-driven applications. For Rocket Internet, he developed a solution for multichannel campaign management that was used by more than 70 companies in 20 countries. Moreover, he was Customer Management Director at EPIC companies as well as Head of Industry Promotions at Arvato/Bertelsmann.

Manuel Hinz

Co-Founder & Managing DirectorCrossEngage

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Manuel Hinz is an experienced entrepreneur, consultant and manager with a track record of leading several e-commerce startups from the initial setup to a successful exit. He worked, among others, for DailyDeal (exit to Google), Toroleo and Scarosso. Beyond his operational experience, Manuel advises Earlybird Venture Capital and eTribes Connect.

Patricia Chui

Executive Director of Content Strategy & AnalyticsInsider Studios

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https://www.insider-inc.com

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Patricia Chui is Executive Director of Content Strategy and Analytics for Insider Studios, the branded content studio at Insider Inc. (parent company to Business Insider and INSIDER). Prior to joining Business Insider to start the team in 2013, she held senior editorial positions at Nielsen, Contently, and AOL, where she was managing editor and editor-in-chief of Moviefone.

Yvonne Beister is head of the BILD Editorial section of the Axel Springer Brand Studio and is also responsible for the campaigns of MediaMarkt, Vodafone, McDonald's and Ford, which have already won several awards.

Karsten Günther is Senior Manager Business Development & Innovation at Axel Springer's Digital Publisher. There he is responsible for the creative and strategic development in the area of content marketing.

Alexander Franke is Director Content Marketing and Creativity at Axel Springer. Previously, as Director of Product Development and Brand Management at Media Impact, he was responsible for product development and client support for the cross-media marketer.

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